A vast desert stretching south and west of Samawah to the Saudi border, part of the great Syrian Desert.
After the winter rains parts of it turn green and camel and sheep herds graze there, and seasonal lakes draw flocks of birds.
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The Samawah Desert
بادية السماوة
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